Montty Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 Hello, (please bare with me if I am not in the right Forum - thanks for your comprehension) I am curious to know more about the_vti_* and the _private folders as I have the feeling they might be cluttering my public_html folder for no good reason in a FrontPage extensions free future website, any light on these greatly apreciated. - Are these folders necessary or are they, only and only, dedicated to FrontPage and bots users? - Is there any components provided on the cPanel which need to have these folders available to work properly? - If none of the above, can they be removed safely with no side effect? - Last but not least, if they can be deleted, can I restore and reinstall them from a backup in case I need/want to use FrontPage or one of its extension in the future (unlikely but who knows)... Thanks in advance for your time. Cheers!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-JimE Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 Hi, These are frontpage extension folders. Only remove them if you dont need front page. Remove them by going to your CPANEL and uninstalling frontpage extentions Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montty Posted September 30, 2003 Author Share Posted September 30, 2003 Thanks Jimuni for your swift answer... Exactly what I suspected but wanted to make sure, just in case... Off they go then... Cool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendlus Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 ah, I was wondering what those were for. I just figured they were part of the services and didn't mess with them. But since they're just frontpage, I'll probably do as you mentioned and get rid of them (since I really really can't stand frontpage ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-JimE Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Hi, Best thing to always do, is to make a backup copy of anything you wish to delete. Then delete it and sit back and watch. If it all goes wrong, then replace the folder, safe in the knowledge its a vital part of things. If not, welcome to the extra space! Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montty Posted October 1, 2003 Author Share Posted October 1, 2003 Actually to makes things even easier I have dicovered a FrontPage section in the cPanel under: Site Management/FrontPage This will allow you to get rid of the FP extensions (and all the weirdy folders) with a simple click of a button... when done you can still put them back, still with a simple click of a button... But as Jimuni said... do a backup first... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
criosa Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 for anybody thinking about doing this, be forewarned - it will delete (seemingly) all your .htaccess files. thankfully, I think I have a copy of mine somewhere. and I've learned to make sure I have back-ups! ~Christy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-JimE Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 Hi, Good Point! Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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